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Miami and it's peppered with these high-rise buildings, very modern buildings. when you're talking about the storm surge, how safe is some of these buildings? we heard officials basically saying you should be getting out. you should be seeking shelter, regardless of whether you think your building is safe or not. put that in perspective for us. >> well, a lot of these high-rise buildings, isa, are built with some of the parking garages as the first few levels. and then it's really where the apartments and the businesses are located on the higher levels of the building. so in terms of storm sur...

And those wonderful balloons and because of the canyon effect, the wind could be really hazardous. >> yes. hopefully everything goes off without a hitch and snoopy flies lower. thank you so much. we'll check with new a minute. >> someone on twitter saying, wouldn't you like to see underdog break free? >> that would be kind of cool. let's talk about this. november 30th, we were told that the obamacare web site, health healthcare.gov, would be up and running and ready to go. that was the deadline we heard. everyone was saying, that's not going to happen. now we're hearing this morning that it ...

This fire is and the impact it's have-h on areas nowhere near here. ivan. >> nick valencia, thanks so much. we'll check back with later in the morning. but let's check the weather there in yosemite how it's going to impact the firefight. >> that's right, cnn meteorologist are alexandra steele joins us. what's the news there? >> the news isn't good. obviously, the weather has exacerbated this fire. it doubled in size because of two factors, the winds and as the terrain, the topography there. what there are, tunnels and ridges. it gets funneled through the canyons, let's say you're in new york c...

Smoke in that area. they're not discouraging tourists from coming, but there is a long road ahead for the fire officials working to put out this flame. at last check, only 5% containment. more than 2,000 firefighters working to put it out. fred? >> nick valencia, thank you so much. so the weather conditions in the area has been feeding those flames. alexandra steel is in the severe weather center. >> reporter: you know, it's a function of two factors, fredricka, kind of the acceleration of this. one, the winds. they've been strong and erratic. and the other, the terrains in these can yonz. p...

That is one of the biggest concerns for those fighting the flames. it is a ways wa way from the tourist center. they tell us it's still blue skies in the area, but there's a long road ahead for the fire officials working to put out this flame. at last check, only 5% containment. more than 2,000 firefighters working to put it out. >> thank you so much. dry conditions have been feeding those fires. could any changes in the weather help them out? alexandria steel in the severe weather center. give them some good news. >> we don't have much. the images were really good. you can see with those goog...